Thioploca chileae is a marine thioploca from the benthos of the Chilean continental shelf. It is a colonial, multicellular, gliding trichomes of similar diameter enclosed by a shared sheath. It possesses cellular sulfur inclusions located in a thin peripheral cytoplasm surrounding a large, central vacuole. It is a motile organism through gliding. The trichome diameters of Thioploca chileae range from 12 to 20 üm.
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Further reading
- GALLARDO, VÃÂCTOR ARIEL, and CAROLA ESPINOZA. "BACTERIAS MARINAS GIGANTES."
- Schulz, Heide N., et al. "Population study of the filamentous sulfur bacteria Thioploca spp. off the Bay of Concepción, Chile." Marine ecology. Progress series 200 (2000): 117âÂÂ126.
- Schulz, Heide N., et al. "Community structure of filamentous, sheath-building sulfur bacteria, Thioploca spp., off the coast of Chile." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62.6 (1996): 1855âÂÂ1862.
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